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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: People now live longer, but not healthier lives.
Chapter 3: Carefully cultivating the bacteria in your gut is a key to a long, healthy life indeed.
Chapter 4: Mitochondria greatly influence cellular growth and the body’s overall longevity.
Chapter 5: Your gut wall performs a crucial gatekeeping role between your intestines and all your body’s other parts.
Chapter 6: Your gut wall may be weakened by substances highly endemic to the Western diet and modern lifestyle.
Chapter 7: Your gut wall can be strengthened by two biological phenomena called hormesis and autophagy together.
Chapter 8: To benefit from hormesis and autophagy, seek polyphenols and practice moderate alcohol use and exercise habits.
Chapter 9: To live a long, healthy life, keep your bacteria hungry periodically.
Description
The Longevity Paradox (2019) looks at three of the most crucial factors behind aging well: our gut bacteria, our gut walls and our mitochondria. By helping us to understand the roles these factors play in our health, and by showing us some powerful strategies we can adopt to support them, the author points us toward long and healthy lives.
Who Should Listen
- Young people wanting to avoid the problems that often accompany aging
- Older people wanting to escape those problems
- Anyone interested in alternative medical views